The EGI Foundation offers a federation and management platform that enables service providers to harmonise interfaces and connect to a common hub. The foundation team engages with research communities to understand the demand, to simplify the access and to drive innovation together.
Mission
Enable the EGI Federation to serve international research and innovation together
About
Team
Who is who
The foundation staff is distributed across many countries and it ensures that the internal capabilities sustaining the federation are delivered professionally. At the EGI Foundation, our employees have the unique chance of collaborating with partners around the globe on many projects involving communities in all domains of science.
Services
What we deliver
In order to enable the EGI Federation to function as a coherent ecosystem, the EGI Foundation delivers a number of supporting services in areas such as overseeing infrastructure operations, user community support, engagement with technology providers, strategy and policy development, flagship events and dissemination of news and achievements. Some of these services are outsourced to specific EGI service providers.
Quality
How we work
Enabling the EGI Federation to work together and efficiently serve international research and innovation is an important endeavour. It requires the ability to deal with many different organisations based in different countries, coordinate the delivery of services from heterogeneous systems, and manage large projects.
To ensure professional support and commitment to continuous improveement, the EGI Foundation established and applies a management system to deliver services and manage projects that obtained the ISO 9001 and ISO 20000 certifications.
Our Values
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We communicate with integrity and keep our minds open
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Our passion for science drives everything we do and we strive for continuous improvement
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Through teamwork and cooperation, we achieve greatness together
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We build trust in the community and we deliver on our promises
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We are committed to serving research and innovation together
Governance
At the top level, the EGI Council is the main governing body of the federation that steers the EGI Foundation. The Executive Board is also mandated with the management of the foundation in collaboration with the chair of the EGI Council and with the Director of the EGI Foundation. The foundation staff ensures that the internal capabilities sustaining the federation are delivered professionally.
- EGI Council
- EGI Executive Board
EGI Council
The EGI Council is responsible for defining the strategic direction of the EGI federation. The Council acts as the senior decision-making and supervisory authority of the EGI Foundation, with a mandate to define the strategic direction of the entire EGI ecosystem.
EGI Council
The EGI Council is responsible for defining the strategic direction of the EGI federation. The Council acts as the senior decision-making and supervisory authority of the EGI Foundation, with a mandate to define the strategic direction of the entire EGI ecosystem.
The Executive Board
The day-to-day running of the EGI Foundation is supervised by the Executive Board. The board’s members work closely with the EGI Director on operational, technical and financial issues. The Executive Board’s members are appointed by the EGI Council for a two-year term.
Members
- Chair: Volker Guelzow
- Elected members:
- Tommaso Boccali
- Isabel Campos
- Patrick Fuhrmann
- Pierre-Etienne Macchi
- Miroslav Ruda
- Mehmet Mirat Satoğlu
- Mariusz Sterzel
Questions about EGI Foundation?
Get in touch!
CONTACTS
EGI Foundation
Science Park 140
1098 XG Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)20 89 32 007
Contact@egi.eu